tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-242377282018-02-15T00:19:27.024+01:00SPANISH FOOTBALL | SPORTSSpanish Football | Soccer | Sports website in English. News - Results from La Liga, European Football and Spain National Football Team.STRIKERhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01675651794717945391noreply@blogger.comBlogger6436125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24237728.post-56935297520039101072018-02-14T23:22:00.000+01:002018-02-14T23:22:02.934+01:00UEFA CHAMPIONS LEAGUE | REAL MADRID 3 PARIS ST GERMAIN 1UEFA Champions League tonight with the 1º leg between REAL MADRID & PARIS ST GERMAIN ending 3 -1 result in favour for the current European Champions. The game was very even & being dominated by PSG in the 2º half, & the 1-1 draw at that moment looked like it would move PSG way. But a double change by Real Madrid Coach Zidane, putting in Asensio (for Isco) & Lucas Vazquez (for Casemiro) STRIKERhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01675651794717945391noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24237728.post-30893374428632560252018-02-13T10:38:00.002+01:002018-02-13T10:38:40.849+01:00BEST FORWARD LINE IN THE HISTORY OF EUROPEAN FOOTBALL What is the "Best Forward line in European Football History"? According to France Football, Alfredo Di Stefano, Puskas & Gento of 1960. All three formed part ( in some manner) of the legendary REAL MADRID forward line which dominated Football from the mid 50s to early 60s of the past century.
Di Stefano-Puskas-Gento (1960)
Here is the Top 10 list
1 Di Stefano-Puskas-Gento Real Madrid 1960
STRIKERhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01675651794717945391noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24237728.post-77377125300040373442018-02-07T21:47:00.000+01:002018-02-11T12:43:56.595+01:00LEWANDOWSKI FLIRTS WITH REAL MADRID ?Real Madrid has had a "shocker" season 2017-2018 with Spanish Cup elimination & La Liga title virtually lost & are currently struggling to stay within the top 4. The Club has only Champions League as their season objective, but before must eliminate Paris St Germain , & Real Madrid are not favourites.
Everyone agrees that Real Madrid will make a squad "revolution" at the end of season with big STRIKERhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01675651794717945391noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24237728.post-3513376836168082882018-01-29T18:41:00.001+01:002018-01-29T22:45:24.156+01:00SPANISH FOOTBALL | CURRENT LEADING GOALSCORER & GOALKEEPER | ROUND 21Good moment to see how the classification tables stand for the leading goalscorer (El Pichichi) & goalkeeper (El Zamora) in LaLiga after 21 Rounds.
FC Barcelona player LIONEL MESSI currently leads the goalscorers with 20 goals, while Atletico de Madrid goalie OBLAK leads his section with the minimum goals against his name, 9 goals.In the goalscoring ranks odd not to see Cristiano Ronaldo, nor STRIKERhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01675651794717945391noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24237728.post-68875067012294058672018-01-25T11:25:00.002+01:002018-01-25T11:25:37.576+01:00REAL MADRID | THE FALL OF THE ZIDANE EMPIREAnother "critical" moment for Real Madrid CF. The elimination last night by Leganes in the Spanish Cup (Copa del Rey) has set all the alarms on again & brought on a tsunami of harsh criticism.
Real Madrid is currently 19 points from Liga leader FC Barcelona, & the Spanish Championship looks (is) unreachable, but worst the Club is currently out of Champions League table positions. As midfielder STRIKERhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01675651794717945391noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24237728.post-53598306705076239202018-01-23T11:45:00.000+01:002018-01-23T11:45:03.272+01:00SPANISH FOOTBALL CLUBS | MONEY FOOTBALL LEAGUE REPORTFinancial consultancy firm "Deloitte" has released its annual report on World Soccer & the Clubs. English Club Manchester United leads the ranking as the Football Club with most income generation for 2016-2017 with 676,3M€. Spanish Football Club Real Madrid sits in second place (374,6M€) & shuts the gap down to just 2M€. Other Spanish Football Clubs to note are FC Barcelona in 3rd position & STRIKERhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01675651794717945391noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24237728.post-12378716550178508082018-01-15T14:16:00.003+01:002018-01-15T14:17:44.432+01:00CRISTIANO RONALDO TO LEAVE REAL MADRID | WELCOME NEYMAR
Cristiano
Ronaldo is on his way out of Real Madrid, or at least there are signals that
indicate that these times around the “smoke signals” are correct. Latest news
doing the Sports & Football media rounds is that Premier League giant
Manchester United may be the next Club destination for Ronaldo next season. The
return of the “prodigal son” is a possibility as commented in the past by CristianoSTRIKERhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01675651794717945391noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24237728.post-67298271865583954742017-12-19T18:58:00.001+01:002017-12-19T18:58:37.672+01:00REAL MADRID - FC BARCELONA | POSSIBLE STARTING 11 TEAMS LINE-UPSSpanish Liga Round 17 gives us the "Clasico", REAL MADRID vs FC BARCELONA. The game is down for Saturday 23rd of December at 13:00 hours local Sp time. Barça has an 11 point gap advantage over Real Madrid in the classification table & its a must win deal for Real Madrid if they are to keep their Liga title aspirations alive. A victory by Barça would be an almost "mortal" knock-out for their STRIKERhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01675651794717945391noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24237728.post-7116406800760380622017-12-16T20:45:00.001+01:002017-12-16T20:50:45.642+01:00REAL MADRID DEFEATS GREMIO 1 - 0 | FIFA WORLD CLUBS CHAMPIONS 2017Spanish Club REAL MADRID has defeated GREMIO PORTO ALEGRE 1 - 0 in the Final of the 2017 FIFA World Clubs Championships to repeat title. It´s the Spanish Clubs 5th mayor title for 2017 finishing the year off almost perfectly. This victory & title will give them a shot in the arm with confidence with the big Liga match up coming next Saturday against FC Barcelona.
The winner came from a STRIKERhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01675651794717945391noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24237728.post-75766925876059507712017-12-13T20:24:00.000+01:002017-12-13T20:24:39.485+01:00REAL MADRID DEFEATS AL JAZIRA 1 - 2 | AVOIDS THE SURPRISEREAL MADRID defeated AL JAZIRA 1 - 2 in the semi-final of the FIFA Clubs World Championships. If you did not see the match the result is a attention grabber by the slim margen. Those who watched via the TV witnessed the possibility of a Historical upset that would have sent quakes around the Football World.
The modest Al Jazira team had one strategy, defend & send long balls & try their luck. STRIKERhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01675651794717945391noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24237728.post-50816892994744533522017-12-11T13:04:00.002+01:002017-12-11T19:26:06.043+01:00UEFA CHAMPIONS LEAGUE LAST 16 TEAMS DRAWThe last 16 teams draw for the UEFA Champions League competition has been given with Spanish Clubs receiving "stiff" match ups. The most notable is Real Madrid - PSG, while FC Barcelona with clash it out with Chelsea FC. Sevilla FC also has a difficult match-up against Manchester United.
The key here is how the teams meet in their "state of form", specially physically. The games begin in STRIKERhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01675651794717945391noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24237728.post-87671414915967283382017-12-06T22:49:00.006+01:002017-12-06T22:49:58.963+01:00CHAMPIONS LEAGUE | REAL MADRID | SEVILLA FC | RESULTSUEFA Champions League continued tonight with Real Madrid & Sevilla FC in Group matches. Here is a brief summary of events, goalscorers & final results.
REAL MADRID was already through to the next stage of the competition, while BORUSSIA DORTMUND already "out" wanted to pull from pride & give an good image. In the end the Germans left with an excellent impression nearly surprising the locals STRIKERhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01675651794717945391noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24237728.post-51648050858399881842017-12-05T22:50:00.002+01:002017-12-06T10:01:39.157+01:00CHAMPIONS LEAGUE RESULTS | ATLETICO MADRID SAYS GOODBYE | FC BARCELONA WINSUEFA Champions League Group games tonight with two of the four Spanish Clubs down for action. Here is a brief summary of events, final results & goalscorers.
A "miracle" was needed if Atletico de Madrid was to qualify for the next phase of Champions League. One, the Spanish Club needed a victory against Chelsea FC, & two a draw or a loss by AC Roma against Qarabag. Neither occured.
The STRIKERhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01675651794717945391noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24237728.post-13462893943404296562017-12-01T17:18:00.001+01:002017-12-01T20:47:05.068+01:00SPAIN | FIFA WORLD CUP 2018 GROUP B WITH PORTUGAL, MOROCCO & IRAN The Group match ups for the upcoming FIFA World Cup 2018 in Russia next Summer have been celebrated this evening from Moscow. As for SPAIN they have been drawn for Group B along with current European Champions & Group head Portugal, Morocco & Iran.
Beforehand, it would seem that both Spain & Portugal look favourites to get the top two spots of the Group so as to advance. However, the history of STRIKERhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01675651794717945391noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24237728.post-62160000618185186982017-11-26T22:56:00.004+01:002017-11-26T22:56:54.353+01:00LA LIGA MATCH OF THE DAY RESULT | VALENCIA 1 FC BARCELONA 1The big Round 13 Spanish Liga game between second placed VALENCIA CF & current leaders FC BARCELONA finished with a 1 - 1 final result. A match that had intensity & some very controversial moments & decisions, the main one being a disallowed goal (as in the image below) to Barça that was legal.
Just to remind readers LaLiga has´nt VAR & will introduce next season, but the image illustrates the STRIKERhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01675651794717945391noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24237728.post-14148450933251175702017-11-22T22:55:00.003+01:002017-11-22T22:55:44.211+01:00CHAMPIONS LEAGUE | ATLETICO MADRID WINS FC BARCELONA DRAWSUEFA Champions League continued tonight with the last two Spanish Football Clubs scheduled for their Group matches. Here are brief summaries of the main events, goalscorers & final results.
ATLETICO DE MADRID hosted AC ROMA in a must win game. The Spaniards are on the edge of not qualifying & a loss tonight would have assured AC Roma the second group place & qualification along with Chelsea STRIKERhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01675651794717945391noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24237728.post-10532413272035680862017-11-21T23:00:00.000+01:002017-11-21T23:00:22.695+01:00CHAMPIONS LEAGUE | REAL MADRID WINS SEVILLA FC DRAWSUEFA Champions League Group matches tonight with two of the fours Spanish Football teams scheduled. Here is a brief summary of events, along with goalscorers & final results.
REAL MADRID travelled to APOEL NICOSIA (Cyprus) looking for a win to assure their place in the next phase of the competition. The objective was reached after a final result of Apoel 0 - Real Madrid 6.
A therapeutic win STRIKERhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01675651794717945391noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24237728.post-6748710918742139482017-11-18T22:58:00.002+01:002017-11-18T22:59:20.182+01:00SPANISH FOOTBALL | ATLETICO DE MADRID 0 REAL MADRID 0Big city of Madrid derby tonight as part of La Liga Round 12 schedule with Atletico de Madrid hosting Real Madrid. Both needed a victory to stay in touch with classification leaders FC Barcelona (which won today) & Valencia CF currently second & plays tomorrow.End result a disappointing 0 - 0 draw which puts both Clubs together with 24 points, but puts Real Madrid 10 points behind Barcelona.
STRIKERhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01675651794717945391noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24237728.post-66659762040985761322017-11-14T22:02:00.003+01:002017-11-14T22:02:55.948+01:00RUSSIA 3 - SPAIN 3 | INTERNATIONAL FRIENDLY GAME RESULTSPAIN played tonight in St. Petersburg RUSSIA in an International Friendly match which finished in a 3 - 3 draw result. Different match to last Saturdays Costa Rica friendly with more experiments, a more enthusiastic opponent & suffered encounter, especially towards the end of the game. A good sparring experience that should keep the Spanish Football Team humble enough with their upcoming World STRIKERhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01675651794717945391noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24237728.post-34627763432987816492017-11-11T23:35:00.003+01:002017-11-11T23:35:56.083+01:00SPAIN 5 - COSTA RICA 0 | INTERNATIONAL FRIENDLY SPAIN played COSTA RICA tonight in a Friendly International in the Spanish city of Malaga. The final result was 5 - 0 victory for the local side. Total domination by Spain which experienced just a couple of chances to the visitors which failed to convert their limited goal opportunities.
The starting 11 team for Spain was:
In the second half Spanish players Batra, Nacho, Asensio, Aspas, STRIKERhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01675651794717945391noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24237728.post-81997305024707370832017-11-03T16:45:00.000+01:002017-11-03T16:45:27.218+01:00SPAIN FOOTBALL TEAM LIST FOR COSTA RICA & RUSSIASpanish Football Team Selector & Coach Julen Lopetegui hand in today his list of players for the upcoming Football Internationals against Costa Rica & Russia.
Full list of Spanish Internationals:
Goalkeepers: Kepa Arrizabalaga (Athletic Bilbao), Pepe Reina (Napoli/ITA), David de Gea (ENG/Manchester United).
Defenders: Álvaro Odriozola (Real Sociedad), Gerard Pique, Jordi Alba (FC Barcelona),STRIKERhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01675651794717945391noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24237728.post-77376360028832429742017-11-01T22:42:00.003+01:002017-11-01T22:43:25.108+01:00CHAMPIONS LEAGUE RESULTS | REAL MADRID | SEVILLA FCChampions League matches continued tonight with the two remaining Spanish Football Clubs scheduled for their Group matches. Here are the final results & goalscorers from both matches.
TOTTENHAM HOTSPURS defeated REAL MADRID 3 - 1 in Wembley to virtually assure their place in the next stage of the Champions League grabbing top Group spot & opening a 3 point gap with Real Madrid. Real Madrid´s STRIKERhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01675651794717945391noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24237728.post-74619374530631956222017-10-31T22:46:00.000+01:002017-10-31T22:48:16.987+01:00CHAMPIONS LEAGUE RESULTS | FC BARCELONA | AT MADRIDChampions League Football tonight with two Spanish Football Clubs down for Group games. Here are brief round-ups of the matches, along with final results & goalscorers.
FC BARCELONA travelled to Athens to play OLYMPIAKOS. The final result was a 0 - 0 draw. Excellent game from the Greeks which put Barça on the back foot with inteligente defending & dangerous counter-attacks.
Perhaps Barça STRIKERhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01675651794717945391noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24237728.post-45907558942853624522017-10-28T19:12:00.002+02:002017-10-28T19:12:18.848+02:00ENGLAND DEFEATS SPAIN 5 - 2 IN U-17 FIFA WORLD CUP FINALENGLAND defeated 5 - 2 SPAIN in the FIFA U-17 WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS FINAL. It´s the only mayor title still left to be won by Spain & this was their fourth attempt.
The result was correct & well earned by the English which was simply more stronger physically & quicker than the Spaniards. Although Spain was able to get 0 - 2 the first 30th minutes, England made a spectacular comeback with the 2º STRIKERhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01675651794717945391noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24237728.post-44121242648177393052017-10-23T22:29:00.004+02:002017-10-23T22:29:50.245+02:00THE BEST FIFA FOOTBALL AWARDS 2017 | CRISTIANO RONALDO | SPANISH FOOTBALLSpanish Football & REAL MADRID CF directly & indirectly dominated tonights THE BEST FIFA FOOTBALL AWARDS 2017. FC Barcelona was also present to a lesser degree but no less important with LIONEL MESSI & ANDRES INIESTA awarded in the "Best XI Team".
Great ceremony in London with FIFA putting no holds in the budget to fill the audience & night of Football Stars & Legends, Directives, EntertainmentSTRIKERhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01675651794717945391noreply@blogger.com0